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The authorities of the Tyumen region, Russia, are planning to cooperate with the UK in the field of oil and gas engineering, instrument-making and oilfield services.

As the press office of the regional Governor reported, the cooperation was discussed at a working meeting between the director of the regional Department for investment policy and state support of entrepreneurship, Leonid Ostroumov, with the consul general of Great Britain in Ekaterinburg, Martin Fenner.

“Interaction between businesses of Great Britain and the Tyumen region is possible in the areas of oil and gas engineering, instrumentation, oilfield services. The site with all necessary infrastructure for construction of plants in these areas, namely, Bogandinskiy industrial park, are ready, the message reads.

According to Ostroumov, the region is interested in cooperation in the petrochemical industry as well, including the production and processing of polypropylene.